LONDON 1982 SOUVENIR PROGRAM 500 LUCKY NO. N2 015356 Try our conveniant Wharncliffe Rd. location + 3 other London locations OLD FASHIONED to serve you. T.M. Lie. By Wendys International HAMM1S1 © 1980. DEBORDANTS DE FRAICHEUR LUCKY NO. Nt 005882 Statth chicken says Good Luck Majors Right now you're only a few minutes away from the best tasting chicken in the world. leHtekij■ V fried /Jkidcen.A CANADIAN < from your SCOTT’S CHICKEN VILLAS The people at Scotts are waiting to serve you now! LONDON STORES: 1683 Dundas St. 1072 Adelaide St. 37 Oxford St. W. 689 Hamilton Rd. 450 Wharncliffe Rd. S. 850 Wellington Rd. 1291 Commissioners Rd. W. (Byron) Stores also in St. Thomas and Aylmer ■'AAr -AAr <'/ •Air. rf 'Mf ^A/oyir sAl It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 1982 season with the London Majors. The success of the home team can be measured in part by the enthusiastic support of the fans. Similarly, the excite­ ment of the competition is heightened when the hometown fans are joined by a cheering section for the visitors. I know that your attendance here is appreciated by both teams who will, in turn, entertain you with their finest efforts. And, on behalf of the citizens of London, I wish the Majors a most successful season. 22^ Al Gleeson, Mayor. FREE ESTIMA TES Service master 88 434-6816 PROFESSIONAL CARPET CLEANING FOR HOME OR INDUSTRY SERVICEMASTER (LONDON) LTD. UPR-612 COLBORNE "from a household spot to a spotless house" LUCKY NO. N° 22 27 27 HIGH QUALITY LOW PRICES WHARNCLIFFE at MOUNT PLEASANT (around the corner from Labatt Park) “Win the game with SADDY GAS.” Where the Majors fill-up! GJ nrkhart insurance I Brokers Limited 370 Queens Avenue, London, Ontario N6B 1X6 Home — Auto — Commercial BUS: (519) 672-3890 London Majors — 1981 Final Statistics BATTING AVG GM AB R HT 2B 3B HR SH SF SB OS BR HRP so RRT B. Brunekant .406 18 69 21 28 6 1 6 0 1 0 1 15 0 9 16 “Dave Byers .379 34 145 26 55 7 1 8 1 1 0 1 9 1 11 32 *Arden Eddie .336 34 149 30 50 12 2 5 2 0 6 2 16 1 12 30 “Larry Haggitt .326 30 132 25 43 5 0 11 0 1 0 0 8 2 16 34 Jay Suits .321 34 137 26 44 13 0 4 1 0 4 2 14 0 14 16 Tom Mattingley .320 31 125 22 40 11 0 8 0 2 1 0 18 0 17 28 Gord MacKay .298 17 57 17 17 3 1 2 0 1 3 2 13 Q 16 JO Wyatt Stinson .286 23 77 10 22 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 10 0 19 2 “Wayne Fenlon .284 30 116 21 33 3 1 1 1 2 0 3 8 1 5 21 Mike Herman .286 3 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 Bill Herman .250 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 Barry Boughner .229 11 35 5 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 2 10 3 Dave Greenly .211 13 38 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 9 1 Alex McKay .208 34 125 24 26 2 0 2 2 1 2 1 15 2 44 10 Brian McTaggart .130 7 23 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 1 11 2 Kane Goodwin .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jerry Lapp .000 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Brian Hart .000 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 Roy McKay: Manager 1981 was not a year Major’s Manager Roy McKay would like to brag about. It was a year of ups and downs to say the least. Frustrating for both players and fans, even tougher for the person signing his name to the bottom of the line-up card. You probably won't get any predictions out of Roy on the 1982 Majors, but this year’s team looks strangely familiar to those of the early 70's: Excellent pitching, rich in experience, and plenty of hitting power. A HISTORY OF THE INTER-COUNTY The Inter-county Baseball Association’s name is self- in the province when it came play-off time with other explanatory. It is derived from the fact that the originat­ leagues or associations. Any time you were pitted against ing teams were from various cities and towns in different an Inter-county team in any age group, you had a tiger counties. The first meeting of the league was held in by the tail. Galt, Ontario, in 1918 and the members debated whether When one mentions the play-off-time this means the to call the league the Inter-city or Inter-county. Ontario Baseball Association or as a number of people The Inter-county name was voted in and the league say, the O.B.A. Now, the O.B.A. was formed in 1917 by began operations in 1919 and has operated continuously W. J. Smith of Toronto, and most baseball leagues or ever since. associations in the province are members for the express purpose of proceeding further to find out who is the This year, being 1982 is the 113 anniversary of over-all Inter-league Champions or O.B.A. Champions. baseball in North America and particularly, in the United Mr. Smith, the founder, is still alive and kicking in States. Many Canadians have a habit of selling them­ Hogtown at this writing and may he last another 70 selves short, and one must realize that this year, 1982, years. is also the 63rd anniversary of the Inter-county Baseball Association. There are not many leagues in the U.S.A, Many players of note have played in the Inter-county; that can make that statement. It shows in our own small they are too numerous to mention, but, we must talk way we must have something on the ball to last so long. about some. The writer’s memory goes back a few years The original members of the league consisted of Galt, and names like: Craig, Biddle, Miskimmons, White, Cole­ Kitchener, Guelph and London. It was a horse and buggy man, Burgess, Evon, Judd, come to mind. They were league in those days playing a small schedule on Wednes­ good, sound players—I know they got me out enough. day and Saturday afternoons. The tough travel games The Inter-county has had some lean years and in some were to London or vice-versa, travel being done for those cases each section suffering dropouts. The senior league games by train. The Saturday games were a week-end at one time was reduced to four teams, but, never folded affair and if you got out of the saloon early enough on and kept coming back. Today, 1983, we have ten teams Saturday night to catch the train, you made work for and the future looks bright. Monday morning. You see, in those days no trains ran we, tne members of the Inter-county, past and present, out of London on Sunday. The league flourished with wish to take this opportunity to thank all baseball fans its Inter-country populous rivalry and down through the everywhere for the support you have given us over the years more centres joined the league. Waterloo, Stratford years, in order for us to survive. We need your support and others added their weight and the league expanded and criticism in order to continue and improve. Without to various age groups, so that it became an Association it, we can’t play and if we can’t play, we just can’t of value. Many good ball players were developed and get better. played in the Association all the way from Bantam to Senior. The Inter-county became the most feared league We thank you one and all for your 63 years of support and may it continue at least another sixt.y-three. GOLF AT BEAUTIFUL OXBOW GLEN R.R. No.3, Komoka, Ontario NOL IRO Phone (519) 471-2048 $6.00 ALL DAY 18 holes MONDAY to FRIDAY PHONE 471-2048 SATURDAY-SUNDAY STAT. HOLIDAYS.... $8.00 for 18 holes $6.00 for 9 holes lucky no. fl N2 399518 5 BILL SHUTER Announcer Shoots, is one of those unselfish individuals that gets behind a team and wants to give of himself fully to see that everyone in the organization is successful and enjoys themselves. Along with his announcing duties last summer, Bill had to pinch hit as statistician in the one year absence of Don Plumb. Once again, this summer fans at Labatt Park will be kept informed during the progress of many Majors victories by the colorful man, affectionately known as “Shoots”. Meet your friends at Auto’s after the same. 55 Whamcliffe Road North London, Ontario lucky no. N° 0 7 9 8 6 2 439-4522 DON PLUMB Statistician The most experienced statistician in the league, London is very fortunate and appreciative of his vast knowledge and talents. Due to health reasons, Don regretfully had to miss most of last summer’s action. Don has organized a senior basketball tournament with teams coming to London from all over Ontario.